.TH PCRE_VERSION 3
.SH NAME
PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <pcre.h>
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.B char *pcre_version(void);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This function returns a character string that gives the version number of the
PCRE library and the date of its release.
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There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the
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page and a description of the POSIX API in the
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\fBpcreposix\fP
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page.
